Dr Tom Shakespeare is a lecturer at the Medical School in the University of East Anglia and prominent campaigner for the rights of the disabled.
He explains to Matthew Parris why the life and work of the Italian left-wing revolutionary Antonio Gramsci means a great deal to him personally.
They're joined in the studio by Professor Anne Sassoon.
Producer: Christine Hal
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2014.l
